Wilson v. State

RICE, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of the offense of assault with intent to murder, and his punishment fixed at imprisonment in the penitentiary for the term of four years. Code 1940, Tit. 14, § 38.

The appeal is on the record proper, without bill of exceptions.

There is no question but that the offenses of “assault with intent to murder,” and “assault with intent to rob” are “offenses of the same general nature and belong to the same family of crimes;” and that the “mode of trial and nature of the punishments are the same.” Hence, in separate counts of the indictment, it is proper to join the…